| > I have, and I’ve seen old ladies die from OD’ng on morphine. I’ve also seen relatives in hospice get blessed relief from morphine overdoses. How did that even happen in the first place? Something seems missing: history of substance abuse, suicide, etc. > And that IMO the worst part of the Oxy crisis (and heroin before that) isn’t that it was an opiate. It was that the manufacturer got to lie about how it was less addictive, when it actually was more addictive. And that meant people were less cautious, and it caused more damage. I agree, I am in favor of harm reduction techniques and regulations instead of an outright prohibition, etc. > The same thing that makes opiates powerful is the same thing that makes them dangerous. And destructive In all fairness, opiates never caused euphoria in me (yes, real opioids neither). They do help with depression and anxiety, along with some of my symptoms of MS. Oftentimes opiates are (not exactly the substance itself) an issue because we do not know the purity. You can only do so much for someone, but it has definitely been an on-going issue (fentanyl laced anything is a major issue). |
Old people are in pain too, and sometimes that spirals out of control just like anyone else.